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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999
| Table 25 |
Drivers Breath Tested | |
Motorists involved in accidents, breath tested and breath test results,
by time of day
Years: 1985, 1986(1), 1995 to 1999 |
| | Year
| 00-03 |
03-06 | 06-09
| 09-12 |
12-15 | 15-18
| 18-21 |
21-24 | Total
| | (a) Numbers |
| Motorists involved |
1985 | 1,450
| 413 |
2,792 | 3,982
| 5,728 |
7,803 | 5,338
| 3,269 |
30,775 | | 1986
| 1,328 |
371 | 2,982
| 3,899 |
5,546 | 7,363
| 4,886 |
3,075 | 29,450
| | 1995 |
1,037 | 416
| 2,925 |
3,553 | 5,026
| 6,640 |
4,259 | 1,991
| 25,847 | |
1996 | 945 |
368 | 2,869
| 3,610 |
4,894 | 6,409
| 4,165 |
2,045 | 25,305
| | 1997 |
921 | 376 |
2,947 | 3,618
| 5,122 |
7,233 | 4,551
| 2,109 |
26,877 | | 1998
| 841 |
444 | 3,143
| 3,660 |
5,350 | 6,959
| 4,167 |
2,029 | 26,593
| | 1999 |
818 | 486 |
2,902 | 3,607
| 4,802 |
6,251 | 4,013
| 1,838 |
24,717 | |
Breath tests requested | 1985
| 565 |
104 | 165 |
228 | 367 |
769 | 758 |
819 | 3,775
| | 1986 |
853 | 234 |
1,666 | 2,288
| 3,375 |
4,588 | 3,186
| 2,090 |
18,280 | | 1995
| 720 |
281 | 1,855
| 2,402 |
3,351 | 4,503
| 3,029 |
1,435 | 17,576
| | 1996 |
664 | 239 |
1,865 | 2,446
| 3,301 |
4,389 | 3,002
| 1,447 |
17,353 | | 1997
| 647 |
251 | 1,870
| 2,398 |
3,408 | 4,880
| 3,294 |
1,496 | 18,244
| | 1998 |
610 | 306 |
2,064 | 2,466
| 3,607 |
4,665 | 2,940
| 1,476 |
18,134 | | 1999
| 568 |
341 | 1,970
| 2,393 |
3,139 | 4,182
| 2,759 |
1,274 | 16,626
| | Positive/refused |
1985 | 322 |
64 | 16 |
12 | 37 |
162 | 258 |
339 | 1,210
| | 1986 |
284 | 62 |
23 | 23 |
44 | 153 |
239 | 290 |
1,118 | | 1995
| 150 |
50 | 26 |
26 | 24 |
57 | 117 |
127 | 577 |
| 1996 |
160 | 49 |
31 | 11 |
19 | 66 |
89 | 131 |
556 | | 1997
| 146 |
62 | 39 |
23 | 37 |
57 | 101 |
122 | 587 |
| 1998 |
128 | 69 |
40 | 24 |
30 | 57 |
87 | 113 |
548 | | 1999
| 128 |
68 | 24 |
32 | 28 |
50 | 82 |
100 | 512 |
| (b) Percentages | |
Breath test requested as percent of motorists involved |
1985 | 39.0
| 25.2 |
5.9 | 5.7 |
6.4 | 9.9 |
14.2 | 25.1
| 12.3 | |
1986 | 64.2
| 63.1 |
55.9 | 58.7
| 60.9 |
62.3 | 65.2
| 68.0 |
62.1 | | 1995
| 69.4 |
67.5 | 63.4
| 67.6 |
66.7 | 67.8
| 71.1 |
72.1 | 68.0
| | 1996 |
70.3 | 64.9
| 65.0 |
67.8 | 67.4
| 68.5 |
72.1 | 70.8
| 68.6 | |
1997 | 70.2
| 66.8 |
63.5 | 66.3
| 66.5 |
67.5 | 72.4
| 70.9 |
67.9 | | 1998
| 72.5 |
68.9 | 65.7
| 67.4 |
67.4 | 67.0
| 70.6 |
72.7 | 68.2
| | 1999 |
69.4 | 70.2
| 67.9 |
66.3 | 65.4
| 66.9 |
68.8 | 69.3
| 67.3 | |
Positive/refused as percent of motorists involved |
1985 | 22.2
| 15.5 |
0.6 | 0.3 |
0.6 | 2.1 |
4.8 | 10.4 |
3.9 | | 1986
| 21.4 |
16.7 | 0.8 |
0.6 | 0.8 |
2.1 | 4.9 |
9.4 | 3.8 |
| 1995 |
14.5 | 12.0
| 0.9 |
0.7 | 0.5 |
0.9 | 2.7 |
6.4 | 2.2 |
| 1996 |
16.9 | 13.3
| 1.1 |
0.3 | 0.4 |
1.0 | 2.1 |
6.4 | 2.2 |
| 1997 |
15.9 | 16.5
| 1.3 |
0.6 | 0.7 |
0.8 | 2.2 |
5.8 | 2.2 |
| 1998 |
15.2 | 15.5
| 1.3 |
0.7 | 0.6 |
0.8 | 2.1 |
5.6 | 2.1 |
| 1999 |
15.6 | 14.0
| 0.8 |
0.9 | 0.6 |
0.8 | 2.0 |
5.4 | 2.1 |
| Positive/refused as percent of
those where breath test requested | 1985
| 57.0 |
61.5 | 9.7 |
5.3 | 10.1 |
21.1 | 34.0
| 41.4 |
32.1 | | 1986
| 33.3 |
26.5 | 1.4 |
1.0 | 1.3 |
3.3 | 7.5 |
13.9 | 6.1 |
| 1995 |
20.8 | 17.8
| 1.4 |
1.1 | 0.7 |
1.3 | 3.9 |
8.9 | 3.3 |
| 1996 |
24.1 | 20.5
| 1.7 |
0.4 | 0.6 |
1.5 | 3.0 |
9.1 | 3.2 |
| 1997 |
22.6 | 24.7
| 2.1 |
1.0 | 1.1 |
1.2 | 3.1 |
8.2 | 3.2 |
| 1998 |
21.0 | 22.5
| 1.9 |
1.0 | 0.8 |
1.2 | 3.0 |
7.7 | 3.0 |
| 1999 |
22.5 | 19.9
| 1.2 |
1.3 | 0.9 |
1.2 | 3.0 |
7.8 | 3.1 |
(1) In December 1985, the Scottish police authorities introduced a
policy of breath-testing all drivers involved in an accident, wherever possible 
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